Device for winding ban



(No Model.)

H. O. BLOCK.

DEVICE FOR WINDING BANDAGES, 6w.

No. 409,447. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

NMED STATES rrrcn.

DEVBCE FOR WBNDING BANDAG ES, 81.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 4Q9,d47, dated August 2O, 1889.

' Application filed January 26,1389. Selial No. 297,705. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN C. BLOCK, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and

' in the State of Wisconsin, have invented cerbeing broken away, Fig. 2, a vertical trans verse section of the same, and Fig. 3 a horizontal sectional view illustrating one of the adjustable guides that form part of my invention.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the base of my device, provided with depending brackets 13, that form bearings for clamping-screws (J, and secured to said base are standards D, connected at the top by rods or guides E E, and provided with bearings for a detachable spindle F, that terminates at one end in a crank-shaped hand-grip F, said spindle and hand-grip being preferably made from a single rod suitably bent, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Attached to the base A, at or near its front: edge, is a plate G, and fastened to this plate is a spring bar or guide 11, the tension of the latter being regulated by means of a screw 1. Secured to the front edge of the base A is a slotted plate J, the latter having lugs K at its ends, by which it is set offfrom said base, as best illustrated in Fig. 3.

Adjustably secured to the slotted plate J by means of set-bolts L and nuts M are guides N, as is also best illustrated in Fig. 3, and a spring-rod'O is secured to the front edge of the base A to extend horizontally below the guides for thepurpose to be hereinafter de- In the operation of my device the guides N are adjusted to suit the width of the web to be wound, and if thelatter is a wide one the spring-rod O is confined by the hook P to form a guard that will prevent said web from get ting out from between said guides, One end of a bandage-web Q is passed up between the guides N, then between the plate G and spring-bar H, then up over the rod E, and back over the rod E to the spindleF, on which it is'to be wound. The web .being clinched on the spindle, the-latter is revolved to wind said web into a roll ready for use. The spring-bar H straightens out any kinks that may be in the web, and by adjusting the screw I the resistance of saidweb to the spindle F is regulated. It being essentialthat,

the bandage-roll shall be very tight and firm in order to secure the best possible result.

when applying a bandage, the tension of the web Q during the operation of winding, and consequently there is little or no slack in the completed roll. The web having been wound up, the hand-grip F is grasped, the spindle F withdrawn, and the roll is ready for use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. The combination of a base,'standards se- "in the standards, a spring-bar attached to the top of the base, a set-screw for regulating the tension of the spring-bar, and guides attached to an edge of said base adjacent to the springbar, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a base, standards secured thereto, the guide rods uniting the standards at their upper ends, a spindle hayspring-bar I is usually such as to stretch the,

ing its hearings in said standards, a spring- I bar attached to the top of the base, and edgeguides connected to said base adjacent to the spring-bar, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the base A, standards 0, and the latch P, substantially as and for D, rods E E, connecting the standards, the the purpose set forth. spindle F, having its bearings in said stand- In testimony that I. claim the foregoing I ends, the plate G, attached to the top of said have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in 5 base, the spring-bar H, fastened to the plate, the county of Milwaukee and State of \Vis- I 5 the set-screw I, for regulating the tension of consin, in the presence of two witnesses. the spring-bar, the slotted plate J, secured to HERMAN C. BLOCK. an edge of the base, the guides N, set-bolts Witnesses: I L, and nuts M, adjustztbly connecting the lat- N. E. OLIPHANT, 1o ter guides and slotted plate, the spring-rod WILLIAM-KLUG. 

